# Bill Hamilton Bill Hamilton is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 11. - Party: Republican - Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 11 - Serving since: 2018-12-01 - Current term: WV 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/8bd21671-34c1-4ba3-aced-0dcaa110029c Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8bd21671-34c1-4ba3-aced-0dcaa110029c (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline Hamilton sits at −0.01 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 93% of State Senate Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.01 (standard error 0.01), from 73 donors and 696 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.0% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (WV 2025–26 session) 799 roll calls. Attendance 100% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 63% (88%). 31 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 4004 Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4004/ - 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5277 Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Health Facilities-Welch Community Hospital, William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, and Mildred… · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5277/ - 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5694 Supplemental appropriation to Department of Education, fund 0313. · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5694/ - 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 4009 Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4009/ - 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5288 Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Agriculture-West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund from Special Revenue · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5288/ - 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5317 Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Commerce - Division of Natural Resources from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5317/ - 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5381 Relating to developing a comprehensive energy development policy and plan for the Office of Energy · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5381/ - 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 4245 Authorizing Certain Agencies of the Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4245/ - 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5307 Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Tourism- Division of Culture and History from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5307/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5537 Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code. · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5537/ ## Legislation (WV 2025–26 session) Sponsored 29 bills: 26 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 195. 34.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 11 of 34). Recent sponsored bills: - SCR 10: Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study feasibility of hunters buying upland game bird stamps with standard hunting licenses (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SCR10/ - SCR 9: Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study decline of eastern gray fox population in WV (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SCR9/ - SB 1067: Creating extended daycare program for elementary schools (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1067/ - SB 886: Permitting prescribed fire control on private property without burning permit (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB886/ - SB 761: Relating to in-state production of value-added forest products (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB761/ - SB 697: Relating to state road system (passed both chambers, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB697/ - SB 696: Permitting women's wrestling in certain public schools (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB696/ - SB 665: Protecting environment and humans from geoengineering and weather modification experiments (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB665/ - SB 602: Requiring repeat DUI offenders to carry ID indicating they may not purchase alcohol (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB602/ - SR 14: Recognizing James and Lucille Pennington on receiving the 2025 West Virginia Logger of the Year award (introduced, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR14/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $111.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 79% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Senate1/lawmaker.cfm?member=Senator%20Hamilton - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BillHamiltonWVSenate/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100017637337258 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8bd21671-34c1-4ba3-aced-0dcaa110029c